[PM_Mama00]

K I'm comin out. I got it done last Tuesday. I've never had surgery before, except for wisdom teeth and I only got numbed, not put out. That was quite the experience and it's so odd to wake up somewhere and not remember anything that happened. I'll talk a little about my experience for anyone who is thinking about doing this.

I wana start by saying I wasn't doin this as an "easy out". No matter how much weight I would have lost- 20lbs or 100lbs-, I'd always have what you all lovingly call a "FUPA". This has been the most painful week of my life. The first few days were horrible. I'm not going to talk about the drainage but I will say that not all doctors use the drainage tubes because the healing time is different. The first few days I had to wear two garments... one was like a really tight and long sports bra, and the other was like a normal girdle. HOLY CRAP. It was so tight that I thought my ribs were going to crack and cave in. I'm in only one now and it's a bigger size, so I'm a little more comfortable. I'm still bruised like hell and it's pretty gross looking. I couldn't shower for a week because the garment couldn't be removed or the surgery would have been pointless. But I coudl spongebathe which woohooo yeah that's fun. I still can't shower alone because moving is really hard. The area they took out is very tender, but most of the pain is coming from my actual stomach muscles. I can't bend over, getting dressed is really hard, and I'm not sure when I'll be able to sit in a car comfortably which means no driving. I get to take the garment off in a few weeks because I'm progressing normally.

There've been times where I've regretted getting this done because of the pain and lack of privacy and being too nauseous or "tight" to eat. (girls, if you've ever worn a girdle or corsett to an event, you'll know what I mean by being too tight to eat) I know in the end it'll be worth it, and since I've been suffering so much, there's no way I'll go back to bad eating habits and I can't WAIT to get out and start working out again.

So, if anyone is thinking about it and has any other questions, let me know. Obviously everyone is different so I can only give you the details of what I went through.